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Kōrero: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state

He kāinga Māori, ki Pēwhairangi, i te tau 1835 pea

Māori settlement, Bay of Islands, about 1835

Ko te hapū me te iwi te mana whakahaere o te ao Māori taketake. Kāti he tino rerekē tēnei i te pūnaha kāwanatanga o Peretānia i poipoia mai ai ngā āpiha o Peretānia nāna i tuhi te Tiriti o Waitangi. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-196-038

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Meredith rāua ko Rawinia Higgins, Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state – Defining kāwanatanga, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/37431/he-kainga-maori-ki-pewhairangi-i-te-tau-1835-pea (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Meredith rāua ko Rawinia Higgins, i tāngia i te 12 June 2012, updated 1 August 2016.